Soweto Uprising: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Soweto Riots • Soweto Rebellion
Date	June 16, 1976 - c. February 28, 1977
Location	South Africa • Soweto

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Soweto Uprising, June 21, 1976

A protest sign reading To Hell with Afrikaans is displayed behind glass at the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto, with visitors reflected in the surface.

Two Soweto youths kneel on grass with their hands raised in peace signs facing a police officer by a vehicle, with a large crowd watching in the background.

Entrance to the Hector Pieterson memorial in Soweto, South Africa, with a red stone wall inscribed to honor youth and a famous black-and-white protest photograph in the background.

Video thumbnail image shows Black South African schoolchildren standing behind a fence.

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